#TV: Miss Austen

[felicitykings]

Thank you. For coming. I will always come. If you require it of me.

MISS AUSTEN (2025) ↳ Episode Four

[pers-books]

Bloody hell! There's a cast and a half in this!!

BBC to air Miss Austen, starring Keeley Hawes and Rose Leslie

The four-part drama takes a literary mystery and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love

The BBC has acquired Miss Austen, a star-studded production of Gill Hornby’s best-selling and much loved novel, produced by Bonnie Productions for MASTERPIECE in the US and distributed by Federation Studios.

The adaptation, from BAFTA-winning writer Andrea Gibb (Elizabeth is Missing, Mayflies), will star Keeley Hawes (It’s A Sin, Bodyguard, Line of Duty), Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones, Vigil), Patsy Ferran (Living, Hot Milk), Jessica Hynes (Life After Life, Years and Years), Mirren Mack (The Witcher: Blood Origin, The Nest), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey, Shetland), Kevin McNally (The Crown, Ten Percent), Max Irons (Condor, The Wife), Alfred Enoch (How to Get Away with Murder, Foundation), Calam Lynch (Bridgerton, Archie) and Liv Hill (The Serpent Queen, Elizabeth Is Missing).

The four-part drama, directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Aisling Walsh (Maudie, Elizabeth is Missing) started filming last month in the UK and is produced by Stella Merz (Gentleman Jack, Renegade Nell).

Miss Austen takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, while creating in Cassandra a character as captivating as any Austen heroine.

The drama begins in 1830, a while after Jane has died. Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) races to see her young friend Isabella (Rose Leslie) who is about to lose her home following her father’s death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help her friend, but her real motive is to find a stash of private letters which, in the wrong hands, could destroy Jane’s reputation. On discovering them, Cassandra is overwhelmed as she is transported back to her youth. In flashback, we meet Young Cassy and Jane (Patsy Ferran) as they navigate the infatuations, family feuds and dashed hopes which shaped their lives and laid the foundations for Jane’s unforgettable stories. Cassandra’s re-evaluation of her past eventually leads her to realise how blind she has been to the real cause of Isabella’s heartache and distress. Finding a way to guide Isabella towards true happiness, Cassandra is finally able to understand and celebrate the sacrifices she chose to make for her brilliant sister, Jane.

Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition, says: “Miss Austen is the perfect blend of intriguing mystery, vivid and engaging characters and beguiling period charm – BBC viewers certainly have a treat in store.”

Christine Langan, executive producer, says: “To have this hugely entertaining female-driven story told by such a stellar cast, led by Keeley Hawes, as Bonnie Productions’ first drama is genuinely a dream come true. Gill Hornby has found an ingenious way into the Austen world, creating female characters modern audiences can empathise with and delight in. I’m so honoured to be bringing this wonderful novel to the screen in collaboration with the deeply talented trio of writer, Andrea Gibb, director, Aisling Walsh and producer, Stella Merz.”

Susanne Simpson, MASTERPIECE executive producer, says: “Miss Austen is a beautifully told story about the loves and losses of the Austen sisters. I’m thrilled that this heartfelt, romantic, and funny adaptation is in the hands of a remarkable ensemble cast led by the incredible Keeley Hawes.”

Miss Austen (4x50) is a co-production of Bonnie Productions and MASTERPIECE, in association with the BBC and Federation Stories.

The executive producers are Christine Langan for Bonnie Productions, Susanne Simpson for MASTERPIECE and Polly Williams for Federation Stories. Keeley Hawes, Andrea Gibb and Aisling Walsh are also executive producers.

[edwardslovelyelizabeth]

Max Irons as Henry Hobday in mini-series "Miss Austen" (2025)

[celestialmazer]

Miss Austen ep 2

My good bitch Keeley Hawes continuing her real ones representation of grief after The Durrells with Miss Austen now 💗

[lostbraindamage]

I feel like the best character moments with Kate, Jack and Sawyer were usually when they had platonic interactions.

Like Kate with the other women, Jack with his son and Sawyer with the guys (Jin, Hugo etc.) and Claire.

Like idk if it's because I hate 2000s romance tropes but these characters peaked when it wasn't about their romantic relationships.

[Ig you could argue that Sawyer and Juliet were pretty peak but we didn't really see much of that unfortunately and Kate was also pulled into it at one point :( ]

[flowercrown-hobbit]

Miss Austen is so beautiful. Just watched the second episode and there is so much sisterly love in this. Love the flashbacks.

[annespooky]

Finished my rewatch of Pride & Prejudice, gosh I still love Colin Firth's Mr Darcy 🥰

Of course loving Lizzy as well, such a great female character (as most Jane Austen heroines actually!) but God Mrs Bennet remains insufferable!

Need to check what remains from Arte's Passions Anglaises cycle for me to watch... Oh the 2007 adaptation of Persuasion with Sally Hawkins (well, I never got to read the book nor have I seen any other adapations so I'll discover that!) and Miss Austen Regrets, also from 2007, with, oh, Tom Hiddleston, now I'm interested!

https://tvtime.com/r/2VUBJ

[seamusemarieposa]

Hi y'all! I just thought I'd share some of my favourite TV show recs:

Genre: drama. Family Law [still running now aka 2025]: a Canadian tv show about a lawyer trying to overcome her alcoholism While working at her estranged father's law firm and reconnecting with her estranged family. Besides that her marriage is slowly falling apart and her kids are growing apart from her.

Genre: comedy. Bless this Mess [stopped running in 2020]: a married couple from New York are moving to an old, inherited farm in a small village in Nebraska. They are trying to patch up the house and get used to the Nebraskan way of living.

Genre: detective. Lewis [stopped running in 2015] [this is set after the inspector morse series]: detective inspector Robbie Lewis returns to Oxford after a while on the British Virgin Islands. He returns to his old job, with his new DS James Hathaway. They try solve cases all over Oxfordshire.

Genre: comedy. Black Ops [BBC] [still running I think]: in East London, two under qualified police community support officers who join the Greater London Police and suddenly find themselves working undercover after a series of odd events.

Genre [in my opinion soft] drama. Bridge and Tunnel [stopped running in 2022]: a group of Long Island friends are returning home for the summer after graduating college. They are trying to figure out what to do in the comfort of their hometown. [It's set in the late 70s, early 80s]

Genre: period drama [based on reality]. Miss Austen [stopped running this year aka 2025]: the tv show explores why Jane Austen's sister took most of Jane's personal letters after her death.

Genre: sitcom. Mike and Molly [stopped running in 2016]: Mike and Molly meet each other at an overeaters anonymous meeting. The show watches how they and their families navigate their lives in Chicago.

Genre: comedy drama. The Durrells [stopped running in 2019]: in the 1930s the English family Durrell moves to the Greek island Corfu after the father of the family dies.

These are some of my favourites! I hope y'all will like them. These tv shows just deserve so much more recognition, in my opinion! With love by your sea muse marieposa<33

[hycinthrt]

i love how a big part of elizabeth bennet’s character is that she is obviously very smart, she is very observant, but she can easily be led astray by her preconceived notions, by things that she already has convinced herself of believing. and this is most obvious by her not seeing mr. darcy’s proposal coming at all, because girl that man was openly flirting with her. i don’t think this is shown a lot in the movie or the tv series, but he keeps teasing her, answering her witty remarks with a smile, the whole “i am not afraid of you” thing. like, charlotte saw it coming, colonel fitzwilliam definitely saw it coming, the gardiners knew as soon as they saw them together later in the book, mr darcy was not as subtle as he thought he was being

seriously, god bless you jane austen for giving us this romance of two fucking idiots constantly misunderstanding each other’s actions and intentions. god bless you for giving us mr “aha so like what do you think of your friend’s marriage? you wouldn’t mind living away from your family when you marry right? oh, no reason, no reason, just a random thought. and what do you think of rosings, you know if hypothetically you were ever a guest there, no, no reason hehe”, and miss “i wonder why i keep coming across mr darcy during my walks, i even made sure to tell him that this is where i usually take my walks so he can avoid me but we are still??? running into each other???? and he keeps asking me all these strange questions too, what a weirdo”

just, two idiots that were made for each other

[writergeekrhw]

In the special features for Star Trek, the producers and writers often refer to Trek as a "period piece" in the same vein as Jane Austen or Bonanza, just set in the future instead of the past.

With this in mind, 90's Trek had very distinctive language usage. It is formal, even stilted at times, but it comes off as erudite and evolved. Even Patrick Stewart has commented how he could always tell when Star Trek was on TV because he'd hear the dialogue and recognize that distinctive formalness.

From a narrative perspective, this choice falls in line with the whole "humanity has evolved" theme. But from a technical writing standpoint, it seems to have served a much more important purpose of setting the time period by scrubbing the dialogue of any time-stamped, current slang.

So in this future universe setting, casual, current language (such as F bombs) would be akin to one of us using slang from the 1600's. It's jarring not because it's crass (for some it is), but because it cracks the suspension of disbelief that what we are watching is set in different time period because they are using our language, not theirs.

I apologize for the massive run up to this question (maybe I've completely missed the mark with my musings) but what were the instructions you were given that gave DS9's dialogue that "period piece" feel?

Good observations regarding language use in Star Trek.

There were no specific instructions on how to write "proper" Star Trek dialogue. It was mostly learning by doing. But we adhered to the same unwritten rules as TNG, and that could be gleaned from reading scripts and watching episodes. Once I started on the job, a few things became quickly apparent to me:

Avoid slang.

Avoid religious expressions.

Generally, dialogue between Starfleet characters should be respectful (or even warm), slightly formal, and thoughtful.

Playful is fine, but not too goofy.

Use metric units.

Most aliens don't use contractions or use them minimally.

There are probably plenty more that I learned (and adhered to) unconsciously, but those were the ones that jump out in memory.

[nortism]

What the Ghosts have been watching on TV

Everyone

Channel 4 Home renovation shows: They're free with ads and there's an infinite amount of them so Alison puts them on for the whole gang when she and Mike have work to do in same way people put on YouTube videos for their dogs. This has backfired slightly as all the ghosts now have very strong and conflicting opinions on how Button House should be renovated.

The Great British Bake-off: A whole family event, they all get very invested. Kitty thinks Alison Hammond is the funniest person in the world. The Captain feels normal about Noel Fielding. As well as a watching it live, I'm sure they've also watched the whole back catalogue together.

Mama Mia: This where the Captain learnt his ABBA songs from. Pat and Julian enjoy the nostalgic music and I think the others are just bewitched by the story and music

Robin

Anything David Attenborough: For obvious reasons. I think he'd get a kick out of trying to do his voice. The others sometimes join in.

Cunk on Earth/ Britain: I think they've got a similar attitude towards history and I think he'd find serious historians trying to answer silly questions incredibly funny

Horrible Histories: He watches this with Kitty, they both find poop jokes funny.

Humphrey

Antiques Roadshow: I'm not sure why. I honestly think he's just glad to watch anything.

Mary

Gardener's World: I think she misses being able to look after plants and I think she'd be endlessly fascinated by how hosepipes work.

Mio Mao: She loves them fucking plasticine cats. She will not stop singing the theme song

Honestly think she'll watch anything with anyone and would get invested, she seems like the ideal person to watch telly with.

Kitty

Ru Paul's Drag Race: I think they all watch this every so often but Kitty is invested. There's bright colours, fun outfits and drama, it's definitely Alison's go to when she needs Kitty distracted.

90s and 2000s romcoms: I believe that every couple of weeks Alison and Kitty have a "girl's night" where they watch all the romcoms that Alison used to watch with her mum, mostly because I love watching romcoms with my mum and Kitty deserves that. Kitty is particularly fond of Twilight.

Thomas:

Any Jane Austen adaptations: He watches them with Fanny as they were both big fans when they were alive (its the only thing they agree on). Kitty also joins sometimes. His favourite is the 1995 Pride and Prejudice tv show.

Fanny:

Grey's Anatomy: I haven't seen it but my mum's a big fan and there's millions of seasons, I think she'd pretend she's not that into it but she definitely is.

Call the Midwife: Same as above.

The Captain:

M*A*S*H: I've seen about half an episode of this but it seems to be about fit young men in a war so it sounds like his thing. Probably Pat's recommendation.

Our Flag Means Death: I think Alison has been trying to sneakily show Cap gay media under the pretence of saying "it's just a fun show about pirates". I think the whole gang watched it together. The Captain definitely didn't cry at the end of season 1 why would think that?

Pat

Taskmaster: I think this is one they all watch together but it's definitely one of Pat's favourites. He probably attempted to set up his own version of the show with the ghost which ended horribly.

Doctor Who: I think he watched the original run when he was alive and was absolutely ecstatic to find out they made more. Julian makes fun of him for it.

Julian

Have I Got News For You: Has been airing since 1990 so he definitely watched it while he was alive. I think he likes to keep up with current politics but not in a very serious way so this is his middle ground.

Succession: I haven't seen this show but it seems to be about horrible men in suits being horrible to each other which seems right up his alley.

The Thick of It: Speaking of horrible men in suits being horrible. I think he watches this with Robin who has absolutely no idea what's going on but just laughs when Julian does and they have the best time. Julian is constantly pausing to add his own anecdotes

What We Do In The Shadows: Alison put this on as a 'let's show the Captain it's ok to be gay' show and the Captain was immediately horrified so Julian adopted it. He identifies with Lazlo.

[felicitykings]

JANE & CASSY AUSTEN

MISS AUSTEN (2025) ↳ Episode One

[rad1og1rl]

“jupiter was supposed to be a star,”

and jason was supposed to be Robin.

you knew it was a silly quote. just some social media trend to make you think about your favorite characters from books or tv shows, some food for thought. but you didn’t think the first person to come to mind was going to be jason. your missing ex-boyfriend. while others thought he was dead, you held out hope.

he’ll be back one day. you’re sure of it. hopefully. even though it’s been months now. you’ve lost count…. the days without him blurred together. life became bland without him.

he surely couldn’t have been a failed star… he was your star.

you think back to a book you had read. one he teased you for as you went on a date to the local gotham library.

the little prince. while jason had opted for his english classics, plucking a jane austen book off the shelf, you grabbed the children’s book, the simplistic art standing out to you.

it was a small book, pictures on almost every other page, more akin to doodles than art in your opinion, but the simplicity captured you.

you and jason had found a quiet nook to sit and read, and it was nice to enjoy each other’s presence, and to indulge in each other’s interest.

the hot cocoa you brought to share surely sweetened the memory too, as it accompanied the frigid gotham weather.

this was probably your favorite date jason had taken you on, you mused to yourself whilst you were lost amongst the story of the little prince.

you found… comfort, in the story of the young prince. he had a rose. and the rose was special, because it was his rose.

you looked up from your book, to jason in front of you, who’s mouth was set in a small smile as he glanced up to meet your eyes.

“you know you’re special , right?” you asked him, locking eyes with him.

he furrowed his brows, and blew some of his black strands of hair out of his face. “what are you talking about?” he asked, skeptical as he set his book aside after doggy-earring a page.

“you’re special … because you’re my rose. like the little prince, his rose is special because it’s his rose. his rose is like no other rose, because it’s his rose. you’re like no one else jason, you’re my rose.”

jason’s face flushed a deep shade of red, and he looked off to the side, a boyish grin creeping onto his face.

“i don’t…. i don’t even know what to say to that.” he muttered, looking elsewhere in embarrassment. he quickly stood and rounded the table, bear-hugging you and nuzzling into your neck as you giggled.

looking back on it…. that was one of your last days with jason, before he disappeared. you had both been in highschool, and jason had loved you so much…. he trusted you to know he was robin,.. and that he worked with batman.

one of your last days with him. and your favorite date with him.

god, you missed him so much.

tears had crept into your waterline, as you continued to walk through the cold streets of gotham, gloom hanging in the air throughout the gray city, as a storm soon approached.

it had almost been a year. where was your star? where was your rose?

before you knew it, tears had trailed down your cheeks and you arrived at the gotham library , where you had that date with jason.

subconsciously , you suppose he had led you here. you wanted to believe that. you really did.

as you wiped your tears, you headed straight for the children’s section, where you had found the little prince all those months ago.

you gently pulled it from the shelf, blew the dust off like you had previously, and found the nook you and jason had sat in last time. you slid into your spot, and opened the book to your favorite pages, which you had marked by a folded corner.

as you turned to a page where the little prince was with the fox, and folded up piece of paper fell from between the pages.

a ripped sheet of notebook paper, yanked from a spiral notebook like you had in school.

opening it up, you were greeted with familiar handwriting. but…it couldn’t be, unless he had left it there before he disappeared?

on the paper, jason had messily scrawled “i’ve missed you so much. i…. have endured a lot. but i’m back. i can’t… i can’t come back to you. not yet. but when i do, i hope i’ll still be your rose. i don’t want you to be disappointed in me, in what i have become. i love you. -sincerely, your rose.”

it couldn’t have been anyone else. he’s your rose. your star. even if… he couldn’t be the star he wanted to be. even if… someone else, was now the star that he was meant to be.

you hastily shoved the note in a pocket of your coat, and stood up from the table. closing the book and putting it away, you left the library and headed for the subway.

jason was back. but where was he? and what was he talking about?

boarding the subway, and grabbing onto a pole for balance, you exhaled a shaky breath.

your rose was back. and it had almost been a year. when will he find you? you hope he will return soon.

your thoughts are clouded as you head home that day. gotham’s subway had never been so slow. sitting down, the subway started to move and you shut your eyes.

your rose is home. hopefully, he’ll be home with you soon.

[ineffableclassics]

The year is 1809. Crowley’s friend Jane is a master smuggler of both goods and information who seems to know exactly who people are and how they act. She asks Crowley’s help with a larger robbery she has been planning, and Crowley agrees without hesitation. Meanwhile Aziraphale has been helping her friend, a brilliant author Miss Austen revise her novel manuscripts in the hopes that they could one day be published for the wider audiences. Aziraphale finds the books witty, innovative character studies of British gentry, but getting a romance novel written by a woman published in the early 1800s would take a real miracle.

When Aziraphale accompanies Jane to a ball, they run into Crowley, and all three are surprised by the other two being acquainted. Although the angel and the demon are happy to not poke further into each other’s businesses with Miss Austen, Jane seems to be convinced her two friends are in the middle of a great love story like from one of her novels and need some encouragement to admit their true feelings.

Words: 10,400

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

@sitruunavohveli

Art Credit: Jane Austen – a portrait by her sister Cassandra

[elizabeth-mitchells]

Can we drag it out and never quit? - Kate/Juliet - Lost (TV)

Words: 2,978 Fandom: Lost (TV 2004) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kate Austen/Juliet Burke Characters: Juliet Burke, Kate Austen Additional Tags: Canon Related, Missing Scene, Episode: s03e15 Left Behind (Lost), Handcuffed Together, Enemies to Lovers, Banter, Flirting, Kate Austen/Juliet Burke-centric

Summary:

“Yes, Kate, I do have a problem with your plan,” Juliet said.

She stood her ground, even when Kate tried to ignore her and pull her along by the handcuffs. Eventually the brunette had to stop in place and turn around to face her. She gave an impressively annoyed sigh, but its effect was reduced by how silly they looked with their arms hanging between them because of how far apart they were standing from each other.

“If we’re going to keep wandering the jungle handcuffed to each other, and after you made me run around in the rain, punched me in the face, and dislocated my shoulder, the least you could do is take the time to stop for breakfast.”

--

After Kate and Juliet spend a day and night handcuffed together, they are forced to take a moment to rest. Unwillingly, they get to know each other better and, surprising themselves, they discover that under the current of resentment and hostility toward each other, there's more. They finally have a moment to explore the interest and unexpected attraction they feel for each other.

[spookyserenades]

I missed tipsy asks 😭😪. I'll just drop this for whenever you do them again. What is the sanctity world like? I know the boys are still traditional and kinda exist in the past with the way they speak and dancing the waltz etc but is it very similar to our modern world? Or held back more due to the lack of much human contribution? Like what movies tv shows songs exist in the Sanctity world ? What do the boys hate most about the modern world?

Girl I should make tipsy hours more often!! Honestly maybe I'll just do "under the influence" hours since I started smoking again....

So I have this quoted from my initial brainstorm dump when I first started developing Sanctity last summer:

"" Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Sort of a fantasy world meets IRL, somewhat dystopian– set in modern times (2024, as of right now..) . Vampires are a respected, important class, most humans are “below”. Elite humans (the rich and important, like government etc.) work with vampires and cater to their demands. Middle class and lower class humans serve as “blood banks'' to the vampires. Sanctuaries are where humans (acolytes ?) with rare blood types (the best kinds in the eyes of vampires) are “kept”, where they keep themselves pure, and train to eventually become a blood bank for a vampire. ""

Yoongi mentions that their coven is "old-fashioned". Since it's headed by Seokjin, who's an ancient monarch, I think he attracted the rest of the members with his old-world ways. Kindred spirits. Take Taehyung for example: He dresses in old Gilded Age tweed suits and carries a pocket watch, meticulously makes sure his 100 year old mansion is maintained, and behaves like a businessman from that era. Each of the vampires keep old behaviors from their times, almost like when they were turned, time stopped in certain ways and they were stuck with those traits. I think that makes sense? LMK if it doesn't hfdsjs

I'd say the setting is a mixture of old world and new. If you ever go to Newport, Rhode Island (where the story takes place) It's very much like that in real life-- or, if you look up pictures of the area on Maps, you'll see that modern/old mix that's super cool and unique. Just add a really skewed class system and immoral vampires!

The media question is interesting and I've been wrestling with that. I have Yoongi as an apprentice of Leonardo Da Vinci, so he existed in that world. He also painted Marilyn Monroe, mentioned in Chapter Two, so she did as well. Jimin went from writing plays (Regency Era, think Jane Austen) to screenplays and directing movies as time went on. Jeongguk is shown listening to Hip-Hop in his car. I think pop culture won't have such an emphasis in Sanctity as Trouvaille, but it's gonna be cool to play with!!!

So I'd say Tae and Jeongguk hate the modern world the least, since they're so young. Hoseok doesn't seem to mind it either, due to modern comforts and being such a greedy character. As for the others, I can see them being frustrated OR uninterested in the passing of time. After centuries, things may just be a blur to them.

xoxox :)